Altman forced to confront claims at OpenAI trial that he's a prolific liar

By contrast, Musk did want total control, Altman testified, and he walked when he didn’t get it. And although Altman agreed that Musk had said he would quickly give up that control, Altman didn’t trust that, he testified. He emphasized that when he was at Y Combinator, an incubator for startups, he “had seen a lot of control fights,” where “no one wanted to give up power when things were going well,” The Verge reported . Further, Altman testified that Musk had also indicated that he might never cede control. Altman claimed that when he asked Musk who might succeed him as OpenAI’s leader, Musk responded, “I haven’t thought about it a ton, but maybe control should pass to my children.” That was a “particularly hair-raising moment,” Altman testified. Musk tried to “kill” OpenAI, Altman says After Molo’s cross-examination ended, Savitt got Altman to further explain a text exchange that Musk’s lawyer highlighted, where Altman told Musk that he couldn’t have done OpenAI without him. Messages where Altman appears ingratiated to Musk seem to show that Musk did most of the heavy lifting when OpenAI was founded and therefore should be awarded damages up to $150 billion, which Musk intends to donate to OpenAI’s nonprofit. …